Owzzat?

Bit of a palaver the other week when England were playing Sri Lanka at cricket, and a Sri Lankan bowler ran out the English non-striking batsman when he had left his crease before the ball was bowled in anticipation of scoring a run.  "Just not cricket" seems to be the general opinion - cricket of course being the game that prides itself on being played in a sporting spirit.  Whether it was ever thus is questionable and certainly if it was, those days have long gone.  And in any event I would suggest that stealing a march on the opposition by halving the distance you need to run is just as much "not cricket".  And apparently that bowler had warned that batsman twice before that that is what would happen if he tried it again, so the moral high ground - if there is one - is more with them than us, I think.